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Definition of "traditionary" [tra•di•tion•a•ry]

  • Of, or relating to a tradition; traditional (adjective)
  • Someone who places emphasis on traditions (noun)

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Use "traditionary" in a sentence
  • "(whom he calls the traditionary Christians) nor ever was, that their faith hath descended to them solely by oral tradition."
  • "Except during the short reign of Edward VI, the civil power, in various methods and degrees, took what may be termed the traditionary side, and favored the development of the historical more than the individual aspect of the national religion."
  • "This performer is, perhaps, the only one who has preserved what the French critics call _la tradition_, that is, a traditionary knowledge of the old school, or of the style in which players formerly acted, and especially in the time of MOLIÈRE."